Wagon-lock



J." L. GUINN. Wagon-Look.

Patented Feb. 17,1880.y

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N. PETERSfPHOTaLIIHOGRAPHE w UNITED STATES PATENT EETcE.

JESSE L. GUINN, OF OKOLONA, MISSISSIPPI.

WAGON-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,681, dated February 17, 1880.

Application led December 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EssE L. GUINN, of Okolona, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wagon-Locks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference be'- ing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view of my wagon-lock, showin git attached to a wagonbody, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wagon-locks; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a device for grasping and holding the rim of a wheel so as to effectually prevent its rotating, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

On the annexed drawings, Arepresents the side of a wagon or other vehicle, to which are securely attached and braced the parallel side arms, B B, which are attached to each other by means of the block a. C represents a slotted slide-bar, which is provided with a shoulder, b, and eye or staple c. It is also provided at one end with a handle, d. rIhe slot D in this vslide-bar is parallel with the wagonbod y A and the lower side of the slide-bar G. To one end of the slide-bar C are pivoted connecting-rods F F, which are also pivoted to an arm, Gr, which ends in an eccentric, EI, to

which are pivoted the arms B B. Attached to the side ofthe wagon is apawl, g, which catches in a depression in the slide-bar U and holds the wagon-lock in position when not. in use. The position of the lock when not in use is shown by the dotted lines on the annexed This lock may be applied to all kinds of 5o wagons and carriages, and I do not coniine myself to the exact construction herein described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A wagon-lock consisting of the arms B B, slotted slide U, provided with eye c, connecting-rods F F, and eccentric H, terminating in an arm, G, all arranged and adapted to op.- erate substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE L. GUINN.

Witnesses:

S. F. SMITH, J. B. BLAIR. 

